Medical Marijuana Expansion Considered in Arizona

The Arizona Department of Health Services could add more conditions to its list of patients who qualify for medical marijuana. Those conditions include anxiety, depression, PTSD and migraines.

Currently, about 25,000 Arizona patients have qualified for a medical marijuana card.

An expansion in the program could potentially add thousands more to that list.

“The structure of the law requires us to periodically accept petitions and review petitions to determine whether or not we would add new debilitating medical conditions,” explained Will Humble, director of the Department of Health Services.

At least one mental health expert says such an expansion would be unnecessary.